Welded rail-anchor



B. WOLHAUPTER.

WElDED RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. l5. 1920.

1 ,369,208. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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`provide a rail anchor which may UNITED STATES BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTEB,

0l' NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

WELDED RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specication ot Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application Med December 15, 1920. Serial Ifo. 430,821.

To all wlw/m. it may concern Be it known that I, BnNJAMiN WoLiIAUr- Tan, citizen of the United States residing at New Rochelle, in the county of estchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in elded Rail-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail anchors of the type adapted to be welded directly to the rail and arranged to abut against the tie t o prevent the creeping of the rails longitudinally in the track.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and practical rail anchor that may be economically made andapplied, while at the same time embodying all of the necessary requirements to successfully meet track and road bed conditions, also possessing the additional advantage of being l uickly and easily removed or detached from the rail by a blow from a spike man1 or the like. In this connection the invention contemplates the disposition ofl a portion of the rail anchor in an exposed position at the edge of the rail to present what ma veniently termed a driving-off hea.

A further object of the invention is to be made from simple sections or pieces of rolled steel or from standard flats cut to length and bent into such a shape that the portion thereof below the plane of the rail base will af.- ford an amplified and increased bearing enagement with the side face of the tie, while t e opposite ends thereof are secured firmly to the ed es of the rail by suitable welds to insure 'e ectual `resistance to the creeping thrust ci' the rail. y

With the above and other objects in view which willi more readily appear as the nature of ther invention is better understood the same consistsin the novel construction, coinbination and arrangement o parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the rail anchor in its applied position on the rail base.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. l:

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the anchor.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fi s. 1 and 3, and showing a further modifie form of anchor.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a fillet weld.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the anchor made of a section of angle iron.

Like references designate correspond parts throughout the several figures of drawings.

As previously indicated, a primary object of the invention is to provide a simple form of anchor adapted to be carried by the base of the rail and dependin therefrom to engage with a side face of tie tie T to afford an extended abutment while the opposite ends of the anchor are rigidly secured to the rail.

As shown in the drawings, an anchor of the present type is preferably made from a rolled strip or bar 1 whose intermediate portion is de ressed or bowed as at 2; presenting a re atively deep and long abutment member for en agement with a tie, while the o posite en s 3 and 4 thereof extend beyon the opposite edges of the rail base to provide the channels or rooves 5 and 6 for receiving the material of te welds 7 which may be of the spot weld ty e as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 or the fillet type as shown in Fig; 5. In connection with the ends `2% and 4 of the anchor which project beyond the ed s of the rail base, is is to be noted that t e same' provide what may be conveniently termed driving-olf heads at the exposed edges of the rails so that a blow from a suitable track instrument or hammer may t.be conveniently directed therea inst to rupture or break the welds and disengage the anchor from the rail without injury.' thereto whenever it is necessary to remove the anchor in the resetting or reusing of the rail.

The spot welds 7 readily permit of the facile removal of the anchor from the rail, as will be readily understood, but in utilizing this type of weld, it is ointed outthat the a gregate strength of t c several welds is su ciently strong in every case to efectually resist the creeping force of the rail. And, wherei a weld of the fillet type is used and the channel or space between the ends ofthe anchor and the edges of the rail base is entirely filled, it is to be noted that the provision o the so-called driving-oil heads will assist in the removal by reason of the increased leverage afforded by the relatively large area of metal' for receiving the hamnier blow.

ing the 'is to say, the anchor bar may be readily In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be observed that the intermediate depressed portion of the anchor ma conveniently assume the form of an angu ar or V-bow with the oppositely inclining legs thereof extending uniformly from the apex of the V bow upwardl to and beyond the edges of the rail base. 'hat formed y simply bending or bowin the entire section or strip between its en s, by a single bend, the bend or bow assuming the V formation of Figs. 1 and 2.

This general type of anchor may also be preserved in the modification shown in Fi 3 wherein the intermediate depressed tie engaging abutment 2, while in the form of a. -bow has the upper ends 3" and 4 thereof disposed parallel to the base of the rail to provide in effect holding feet for the anchor which may be utilized to receive the weld in the same manner as in the construction of Fig. 1, and to also provide the driving-ofi'head which is very desirable in facilitating the removal of the anchor from the rail.

A further modification of the construction is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings wherein the anchor is provided with an intermediate depending portion of curving formation producing an easy bend at the middle of the plate which constitutes the tie engaging ,abutment 2" while the ends of the bar at opposite sides of the bow constitute the driving-ofi heads and welding projections 3* and 4".

A further very practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings which shows the anchor formed from a section of angle bar designated by the reference character ln and having one of its flanges 8 verticali disposed to provide a wideand substantie tie abutting surface, while its other horizontally disposed fiange 9' constitutes a reinforcing element which materially contributes to the stre h of the bar.l In the an le bar formed'by t e invention shown in ig. 6, the anchor is formed merely b bending 'or bowin the entire section or ar between its en s, producing a sin leycentrally located bend. k

rom the foregoing, it will be apparent that the novel and distinctive feature of the present invention is the provision of an anchor arran and de en ing therefrom, the op osite ends thereo being welded ,to the rai edges in such a manner as to present the exposed driving-off heads while the intermediate depending or depressedportio'n ofthe anchorl presents an extended abutment member for engagin with the tie. Although. several forms o tle invention have been shown in the drawings, it will of course be understood that other changes in the form, prod transversely Vof the rail base portion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

claim:

1. A rail anchor consisting of a bent bar extending across the rail base and welded to the edges of the rail fianges.

2. A rail anchor consisting of a bent bar extending across the rail base and having projecting ends welded to the edges of the rail flanges.

3. A rail anchor' consisting of a bent bar extending across the rail base and having ends projecting be ond the edges of the rail flanges, and weide connections between said projecting ends and the edges of the rail flanges.

4. A rail anchor consisting of a single bent bar extending across the rail base and welded at its ends to the edges of the rail lianges.

5. A rail anchor consisting of a bar extending across the rail base and welded to the edges of the rail flanges, said bar being bent between its ends forming a tie abutting member.

6. A rail anchor consisting of a bar extending across the rail base and welded to the edges of the rail'fianges, said bar having an intermediate depressed bend forming a tie abuttin member.

7. A rai anchor consisting of a bar extending across the rail base and welded to the ed es of the rail iianges, said bar having a sing e intermediate bend forming a depressed tie abutting member.

8. A rail anchor consisting of a bar extending across vthe rail base and welded to the ed s of the rail flanges, said bar being bent dewnwardly at its intermediate portion to provide upwardly inclining tie engagilig portions.

9. rail anchor consisting of a. bar havin an intermediate depressed portion rovi -in upwardly inclining parts ada te to exten to and project beyond the e es of the rail flanges to providedriving-of eads, and welds connectin the edges of the rail flanges and the en' s of the bar adjacent thereto.

10. A rail anchor consisting of a bent.

4signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN woLHAUPTER.

Witnesses:

N Lemma, ANDREW AaNoLn, Jr.

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